The Arcana Characters X Reader

Into The Woods

Into the Woods

"get back over here!" you heard distant echoes down the quiet town in the middle of the night, you hugged a piece of bread that you stole close your yourself, the sound of your feet slapping against the ground. And from afar you could hear the clicking of boots against stone, which was the guards chasing after you swiftly.
You could feel your heart pound against your chest and your breath escaping your lips harshly as you ran into the mist.

The guards are now gaining up on you, you took a sharp turn I to an arch way that led out of the city and into the woods. "did I loose them?" you muttered to yourself as you turn your head over your shoulder to see a couple of remaining guards still on your tail. You bit your lip and pushed through vines and leaves, your feet sore from running barefoot and your lungs burning from breathing.

You felt your foot slip on some mud, then you went rolling down the hill. "Ah!" you yelped, trying to rake for any grasp of root or rock. But eventually you landed back first on some ground. From below you could see the guards quickly run past from where you fell and you felt a warm sensation of relaxation spread through your sore body.

The woods was dark, and eerie and you could take in the thick fog of the place, the cold aura of the moons rays leaked through the trees leaves, then suddenly a dark figure towered over your vision of anything, then blackness.

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"you think ((she/he)) will be alright?" a soft male voice piped up, but all you could see is blackness. "just give them some time, they had a pretty big fall..." a velvety
smooth male voice accompanied the other. You grunted and slowly opened your eyes to see a pale man with auburn curly hair, and next to him, a softer looking man with dark black hair, more wavy than the other fellows. You remembered  the guards and running  and you shot up from where you were laying, your eyes and head darted around quickly. "Woah it's ok! Don't worry you're alright!" the black haired one smiled gently and held their hands up. "Look I know you're in a panic but you are safe now..." he began to walk towards you, and held your hand gently. "See?" he smiled and stared at the auburn haired one, some locks of hair covered his ominous eyepatch.
You stared at the two  confused and leaned up from your position "I'm... Well, where am I?" you frowned and began to take in your surroundings. Now that you weren't in shock the place seemed homey and warm... A little small. "You are in Muriels' home...When Muriel and Luka found you passed out in the ground, we let you in to tend to your wounds. You nodded and looked at your arms to notice your scraps and injuries on your feet were gone, as of nothing happened. "I'm Luka, and this is Julian..." luke smiled and sat down on the ground, he was no longer near as tall as Julian, he only made it to his shoulder, maybe a little bit higher. "I'm... ((y/n))..." you stuttered and hugged your knees to your chest. "if I may ask, why were you running from guards..." Julian frowned and quirked a brow. "I'm a thief... I stole some bread from the palace..." you frowned, a little guilty of your decisions. But what else were you supposed to do! Allow yourself to starve in the streets just because you can't pay for food! You weren't going down that easily. "I see, i'm sorry you have to live that life..." julian frowned and sat down next to luka. You heard large footsteps enter the room and the large figure duck under the framing of a door from another room. The towering figure was littered with battle scars, and his frame was rather muscular and intimidating than the other two. You gulped and looked up at him as he made his way towards you and held out some food. "Th..thank you..." you smiled and took the bowl of soup and brought the bowl to your lips and began to drink the warm soothing liquid. "So you give them food and not us!" luka pouted and crossed his arms over his chest. You grinned slightly at Lukas' poutiness. "They aare hurt, you broke in my home..."  you were guessing the man was named Muriel. His voice was hoarse and deep, though it had a sudden gentleness to it. You smiled "Thank you Muriel..." you muttered and looked up at him. He looked down at you and smiled slightly. Luka grinned and glanced over at julian "You wanna go on a quick midnight stroll?" he scratched the mans chin who seemed to blush lightly. "uhm..sure..." julian kept his chill and opened the door for the two of them and closed the door behind them.

"So, what is your name?" Muriel muttered and sat down on a large chair that could handle his weight. "My name is ((Y/n))..i'm guessing you are Muriel?" you smiled shyly up at him, he nodded. "So why did the other two break in?" you frowned, "They didn't really break in, they felt bad knowing that I live out here alone and they sometimes visit." Muriel rolled his eyes, though a smile pinched at the corner of his lips. "Though it is nice to have company..." he admitted and threw some wood into the burning fire. "You live out here alone?" you frowned and looked at the fire. "Yes, I don't really have anyone other than my wolf friend.." he looked over at a small brown heap of fur curled up on the floor on a small makeshift bed. "he's cute!" you smiled and looked over at Muriel who was seemingly staring at you. He quickly looked, looking at his hands. "Yeah, really cute..." a small blush tinted his cheeks. cute you though to yourself and chuckled. There was a sudden silence though it was a nice warm one. "So, you are a thief?" Muriel glanced over at you "I over heard in my kitchen.." he smiled and scratched the back of his neck. "yeah, my parents were travelers and they got attacked by bandits, and I found my way here.." you frowned and looked at your hands. You felt a large hand rub your shoulder gently. "I'm sorry to hear that..." he looked at the fire and glanced at you every now and then. "Well, I have one extra room that was never really in use, would...you like to accompany eachother?" he smiled sweetly, though he was nervous since you was playing with the fur on his shoulder. "Of course! you seem like a sweet guy to be with.." you grinned and gently nudged his shoulder. He looked up at you with a large smile, but then calmed down. "That sounds great, really.." he nodded and got up, i'll get your bed ready for tonight..." he got up and walked into the empty dark bedroom that was across the fire place, you heard him shifting things around in the room and wandering around.

Outside the house was the two couple who were quietly spying on you two. "Don't you think it's a little weird that we are doing this.." julian grumbled and rolled his eye. "It is for a good cause julian so be quiet and let me do my thing..." luka grumbled and glanced at him. Julian groaned and crossed his arms over his chest, actually excited about this midnight stroll. "I was curious of the two would actually like eachother...And it's true!" he smiled and clapped his hands together quietly. "Alright, we will go back inside and pretend  that we went on a walk.." luka muttered and walked towards the door. He yelped when he felt a hand grab the back of his shirt. "Nah ah ah...we are actually go on this walk mister.." julian smiled smugly and pulled him close against his chest. "Please?"  he muttered and kissed the top of his head. "....Alright fine..."  he pouted and held the Doctors hand and walked off.

You looked out the window because you could have sworn your heard some chat coming from outside but you dismissed it as some animals outside chattering with eachother. You turned your attention to muriel who was smiling slightly “I got your room all fixed up.” he sat back down next to you and held a block of wood in his hands and began to carve into it. “So you carve?” you smiled, trying to bring up a good conversation starter. “Yeah, it helped me calm down, and..well, help me relax.” he paused and chipped off some wood with his knife. “It helps me forget things..” he sighed. You frowned and wondered what he would want to forget about but you decided to not push his limits. “I saw your other carvings in here, they are really cool.” you smiled and watched him carve interested and what he was gonna turn the wood into. You noticed the shape of a wolf come into play and smiled. “Thank you..” muriel smiled and glanced at you with silver orbs. “Are you drawing your wolf friend?” you smiled and raised a brow. He nodded “Good eye, normally people won't see it yet..” he admitted and began to carve down a little bit then the wolfs’ feature became more prominent. “Well, you should probably head to bed, i plan on showing you the forest so you wont get lost..” he chuckled and got up from his seat and sat his unfinished carving of the wolf on the edge of a bookshelf. You nodded and hugged him tightly, then you eventually felt strong arms slowly wrap around you. “Thank you Muriel..” you smiled and looked up at him, resting your chin on his chest. “You’re welcome…((Y-Y/n))” he smiled and let go, watching you go in your room to go to bed. He let out a long sigh of relief and looked over at his wolf friend who was seemingly giving him a sly smile. “Oh stop it…” he pouted and walked off towards his room to head to bed as well.

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